"These poems and vignettes take the reader on a spiritual and emotional journey, offering a unique and poignant view of personal and political history." Barbara Boswell, Associate Professor of English, University of Cape Town and author of Grace "This collection of meditations & poems resonate with empathy with those marginalized by power, wealth, and society. The black oppressed; the exploited; the gay; the insane, are all touched upon here. There is also a repeated crossover of empathy to Islam, reflecting this minority ...
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"These poems and vignettes take the reader on a spiritual and emotional journey, offering a unique and poignant view of personal and political history." Barbara Boswell, Associate Professor of English, University of Cape Town and author of Grace "This collection of meditations & poems resonate with empathy with those marginalized by power, wealth, and society. The black oppressed; the exploited; the gay; the insane, are all touched upon here. There is also a repeated crossover of empathy to Islam, reflecting this minority in Cape Town's community." Keith Gottschalk , former head of the Political Studies Department at the University of the Western Cape and author of Emergency Poems. "St George's Cathedral has produced a succession of deans who have made significant contributions to church and public life in Cape Town, helping to transform it and the city around it from its colonial beginnings to what is widely acknowledged as South Africa's People's Cathedral. Now we have a freedom fighter and, this collection shows, a poet." Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
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Add this copy of Lockdown Love and Lament to cart. $11.75, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2020 by African Lives.